Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:00:59 -0500
From: David B. O'Donnell
To: Multiple recipients of list GLB-NEWS
Subject: The NEW IMPROVED PARADOX- an internet Queer Community
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Dear Glb'ers:
About a month and a half ago, I posted news here on this list of a new
experiment in online Queer Community known as PARADOX, a place where GLBTAO
folk could meet online, exchange ideas, chat, and make connections.
Response to PARADOX has been overwhelming: in the first month, the service
(which is, and always will be FREE) received over 10,000 logins, from as far
away as Kuala Lampur, Canberra, Australia, and Argentina. Many relationships
were formed between PARADOX users, and several have gone on to meet in real
life...
Unfortunately, however, due to the high traffic, and the actions of a number
of homophobic vandals right here at Vassar College, service on Paradox was
continually interrupted, and many people who wanted to get on found that they
couldn't.
It seemed clear that if PARADOX were to continue, then it would need a new
machine, new software, and a new, safer location. I am pleased to report that
it has received all three.
This means that PARADOX will has many of the new features that users had been
asking for, including:
*Stable accounts with individual passwords
*Private rooms that users own, and can customize if they desire
*A PARADOX email system, so that users can send messages to other PARADOX
users.
*A daily updated Queer News Service (with many articles posted here and
elsewhere!)
*GREATLY improved stability... and MANY more simultaneous connections...
(i.e. it won't crash, and there will be more people on!)
I invite you all to come to PARADOX and check it out, make suggestions, and
look at the new features. You should have no trouble getting in now.
The new PARADOX address is:
VASSUN.VASSAR.EDU PORT 4040
You get there by TELNET, which means that ion most machines, the command
will be TELNET vassun.vassar.edu 4040.
Additionally, you can gain access to the new PARADOX via its World Wide
Web page, which is at:
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~anzolli/paradox.html
I have also added a special "PARADOX conference center" where organizations
may hold online meetings if they desire.
I hope that you all use and enjoy the new service. We must use this
technology, or someone is going to use it against us.
Best Wishes-
Andrew Zolli
(anzolli@vassar.edu)
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